9.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bonshaw · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bonshaw
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Traditional roots run deep in Bonshaw, where the vast majority of residents claim Australian or British ancestry. Only 9% of the population was born overseas, making it a community with far fewer international arrivals than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 38.3% and English at 36.1%, followed by Scottish, Irish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (75.2%), with England and New Zealand being the most common overseas birthplaces.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bonshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10471/bonshaw/topic/ancestry-heritage